LittleBLUECorvette said:

whodknee said:

1990 was too late. Mike couldn't handle his success. If it wasn't Buster some other hungrier fighter would've taken him out. When he was still up and coming was when Mike was great. Holyfield would've got hurt by that Mike. He might've lost to Mike when they actually did fight were it not for the headbutts. Like somebody said, that's not boxing, but if the ref lets it go you've gotta adjust. Mike couldn't do that so he got desperate and bit the ear-- which incidentally wouldn't have happened if Evander was boxing at the time.

Was Hollyfield even a heavyweight at that time? I know he was cruiserweight champ when Mike was kicking ass in the late 80s.

Yeah Evander debuted as a professional boxer in the cruiserweight division in 1984. In fact, he was cruiserweight when he competed in the Olympics that same year. Mike Tyson didn't become pro until 1985.

Grown men came outta that fight weeping. A lot of money was lost on that fight.

Abdul said:

Styles make fights and Holyfield's style was all wrong for ANY version of Iron Mike, be it prime Tyson(1985-1989), second phase Tyson(1990-1991) or just got outta jail Tyson(1995-2004).Evander used his head like Tyson used his elbows after throwing one of those vicious hooks he threw often during his time as orld champion

Mug was elbow king

Abdul said:

Styles make fights and Holyfield's style was all wrong for ANY version of Iron Mike, be it prime Tyson(1985-1989), second phase Tyson(1990-1991) or just got outta jail Tyson(1995-2004).Evander used his head like Tyson used his elbows after throwing one of those vicious hooks he threw often during his time as orld champion

I forgot he did use his elbows a lot.